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Tied it up. Hopefully they can win it. Why do we allow so many goals this year giving up limited shots? Bad goalie? Sloppy D?
 
Thiam scores!!! 2-1 UConn with only a couple minutes left. UConn luck looks to be still intact, considering there was a long pause trying to figure out if Thiam was offside or not.
 
UConn picks up the 2-1 win over Temple! Bit of a controversial win, with also picking up a penalty kick goal, and Temple having a last minute goal called off due to interfering with the UConn goalkeeper.
 
To put the cherry on top of this win, UConn is now in sole possession of first place in the AAC as Central Florida beat South Florida tonight in their soccer match. UConn and South Florida had been tied for first before tonight's games.
 
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huskymedic said:
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Can you see why there was all that referee discussion after the second goal? I think I heard something about offside. I couldn't see downfield at the time from where I was ... but from the video Thiam does not look off. Perhaps before the camera panned? Perhaps Burnett? ... but he wasn't in the play I think.
 
ASweet3781 said:
Tied it up. Hopefully they can win it. Why do we allow so many goals this year giving up limited shots? Bad goalie? Sloppy D?
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I'm impressed by both keeper and D. But I agree, it's been quite often this year that something so standard is happening that this particular fan is not really even paying attention ... and then suddenly there is a ball in the net and lots of heads hanging low. Best I can say is center-defense brain-flatulence.
 
Riga Ben said:
I'm impressed by both keeper and D. But I agree, it's been quite often this year that something so standard is happening that this particular fan is not really even paying attention ... and then suddenly there is a ball in the net and lots of heads hanging low. Best I can say is center-defense brain-flatulence.
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The defense doesn't seem to to be consistently bad, but there are the inconsistencies that lead to goals. However, what is helping the Huskies to these wins is the Mbacke Thiam led goal production has led to an offense that is probably better than it has been for the last several years. It all hardly looks like a great team, but the fact that up to now that do find ways to win these games is a bit of a turn around from how we have viewed recent UConn men's soccer teams. One thing for sure, this is Thiam's last season in Storrs, and I suspect we will all miss him after he is gone from the team.
 
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Should be an interesting game tonight. UVM has 10 wins and are the defending America East Champs so it's a strong mid major. Exactly the kind you will see early in the NCAA's.
 
ASweet3781 said:
Should be an interesting game tonight. UVM has 10 wins and are the defending America East Champs so it's a strong mid major. Exactly the kind you will see early in the NCAA's.
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I also expect this to be another tussle of a game for UConn. Along with what is cited about Vermont above, the Catamounts also currently have an RPI of 50, so right now they have the fourth best RPI on UConn's schedule. No question they are a solid team. Almost every team on UConn's schedule has given the Huskies a competitive game, I doubt this is going to change tonight.
 
10 minutes into the game, Vermont takes a 1-0 lead. John Tuite says Vermont has had the better of the play so far.
 
Light rain falling in Storrs. If things go bad, maybe we can get another lightning strike to cancel the game, which saved UConn's bacon when they played Providence.
 
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If you need the rain to consistently save you....

How do you do this every game on your home field against an unranked team?
 
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No longer a light rain, now it is a downpour. And we all know how much Ray Reid enjoys playing in the rain, and how well Morrone Stadium drains.

Just looked at the radar, doesn't look like the rain will last all that long, that is, if nothing else pops up on the radar.
 
By the way, the game tonight is being carried by WHUS on the internet stream on WHUS2.
 
ASweet3781 said:
If you need the rain to consistently save you....

Unbelievable they come out flat again and give up an early goal. Where's the preparation? Is this team anywhere near as good as its record? How do you do this every game on your home field against an unranked team?
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No question in my mind that UConn's record is better than how they have played this season, which is why I'm always saying how lucky this team has been. And that includes getting that game in Providence getting cancelled due to lightning when they were losing. The Huskies should probably have another loss or two on their record, but they have been riding Lady Luck this season.
 
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dbmill said:
Wow, Blaise N'Gague scores with 8 seconds to go in the first half to tie the game at 1. Thiam gets the assist. According to John Tuite, UConn was definitely outplayed in that half.
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It's amazing. They don't play well and you look up and it's tied.
 
dbmill said:
No question in my mind that UConn's record is better than how they have played this season, which is why I'm always saying how lucky this team has been. And that includes getting that game in Providence getting cancelled due to lightning when they were losing.
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Watching UNC-Duke on ESPNU and I can't help but wonder how many goals we'd give up against them. Some clutch goaltending and smart defense has the game 0-0.

Also no idea what is going on with the team twitter feed this season but it has been terrible. If not for dbill I wouldn't know the game is tied. They finally just updated the score.
 
10 minutes into the second half, Vermont scores to take a 2-1 lead.
 
UConn luck strikes again. Thiam scores off a Harris cross which goes off the goalkeeper's hands. Tied at 2 about half way through the second half.
 
UConn goalkeeper Aviza has made a couple nice saves the last few minutes.
 
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